Research Topic

Crime & Murders

This topic appears in 122 indexed records between 1789 and 1964.
122 Indexed Records
1789 Earliest Record
1964 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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July 29, 2023

Noble Conduct of A Lady (Raid)

An incident of the occasion is thus referred to by Mr. Throckmorton, of Harper’s Ferry : When Beckham was shot our men became almost frantic. They rushed in Wager’s hotel, where the prisoner (Thompson) was crying […]
July 29, 2023

Theft of U. S. Arms

Some 700 Minnie guns and rifles belonging to the United States, have been missed from the armory at Harper’s Ferry, supposed to have been appropriated by the volunteers who were present during the occurrences of the […]
July 29, 2023

Albert Hazlet Arrested

Harrisburg, Oct. 26 — Hazlet was arrested here in the 24th inst. Governor Packer to-day gave orders that Capt. J. E. Cook, now confined in Chambersburg, and Hazlet held in custody at Carlisle Prison, he both […]
July 29, 2023

Capt. Cook Arrested

CAPT. COOK ARRESTED.His Commission in the Insurrection Band found on his Person– Three others of the Band among the Mountains– Parties in Search of them. Chambersburg, Pa, Oct. 26.– The notorious Capt. Cook, of the Insurrectionary […]
July 28, 2023

Letters found at Brown’s Home.

Further Developments.It is stated that the Hon. Alex R. Boteler, member elect to Congress from this district, has collected from fifty to one hundred letters from citizens in that neighborhood of Brown’s house, wh[?] searched it […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 18 records
1830s 17 records
1900s 16 records
1850s 16 records
1860s 12 records
1910s 9 records